Ready, Set, Go: The Challenges of Evacuations

Nov 21, 2019 · 37m 50s
Ready, Set, Go: The Challenges of Evacuations
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This week we are talking to Michael Cockrell about evacuation, Michael is a contributor to Soundings Magazine a bay area publication. He just completed a series on emergency evacuations. If...

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This week we are talking to Michael Cockrell about evacuation, Michael is a contributor to Soundings Magazine a bay area publication. He just completed a series on emergency evacuations. If Michael sounds familiar, we had him on the show to talk about the Public Safety Shutdowns in California.

Guest Bio
Michael Cockrell’s public service career has included law enforcement, water conservation enforcement, and emergency management. After 35-years at San Joaquin County’s Office of Emergency Services (OES), he retired as Director in December 2017. His OES experience between 1982-2017 included a wide range of emergencies and disasters such as floods, earthquake recovery, mass-casualty incidents, train derailments, hazardous materials releases, droughts, extreme heat and cold events. His education includes Associate and Bachelor degrees in Social Science, concentrating in Administration of Justice, and, a Master’s Degree in Public Administration. He has also completed many continued-education courses on administration and emergency management.

Links

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/5g-emergency-management-todd-de-voe-mpa/

Soundings Magazine, evacuation story: https://soundingsmag.net/2019/09/13/know-before-you-have-to-go/
FEAT Final Report: https://water.ca.gov/LegacyFiles/floodsafe/docs/Governor's-Flood-Emergency-Action-Team-FEAT-May10-1997-OCR.pdf

FEAT Report products: https://www.caloes.ca.gov/cal-oes-divisions/planning-preparedness/plans-publications

Locations to find FEMA P&P-7/February 1981 “U.S. Crisis Relocation Planning”: https://www.worldcat.org/title/us-crisis-relocation-planning/oclc/10364859

State & local EAS Plans: https://www.caloes.ca.gov/cal-oes-divisions/warning-center/california-state-warning-plan/emergency-alert-system

NOAA Weather Radio:
- Coverage: https://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/coverage/ccov.php?State=CA
- About: https://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/index.php

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